Forty-Three Years Telling It
By H. J. Doolittle
WHILE engaged in locating a mission street chapel recently, in the pretty little city of Wuhu, on the south bank of great Yangtze Kiang, I became engaged in conversation with an old, blind Chinese evangelist, named Yao Sien Seng. As we talked together, I soon learned there was scarcely a text in the New Testament which he was not familiar with and could not repeat from memory. On further inquiry, I learned he had been a faithful follower of the Saviour for over forty-three years, having been led to Christ as the result of Hudson Taylor’s work. For many years, he was actively engaged in telling the Fuh-Yin (happy sound, or gospel) to his fellow men. The last ten years, although totally blind, he has continued to preach quite a little. Standing before his attentive listeners, he gives the Word with power, quoting from memory every needed text. His message to his native countrymen to-day is, “The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly. . . . Seek ye the Lord.” Zeph. 1:14; 2:3.